Thanksgiving is THIS WEEK here in the States! Last year, I held a contest for the scariest (Skariest?) hand turkey drawing, and the entries were amazing. Y'all got problems in the best way, you know that? ;) So, I'm doing it again this year!

Just my regular PSA to go grab yourself some Fernwood albums from Bandcamp (the Mockingbird tracks are on Sangita, but Arcadia is one of my favorites), put them on, and relax. I particularly recommend them on a rainy day.

It’s October! Dang, I love this month. Where I live, the leaves are changing, the weather’s cooler, and horror is in the spotlight. Even the tiny cheese wheels I buy for snacks have Dracula printed on their individual wrappers. It’s amazing! Commercial and ridiculous, sure, but I love it. It’s also the perfect time for scary movies.

It's almost October! Almost every year, I do some kinda 31-Days-of-Halloween. Last year's was four weekly installments of an audio play called After the Stars Fell(in which many of you starred!). In years prior, I've done illustrations, poems, and micro-short animations.

It's hard to believe it's been so long since I launched an original animation. This'll be happening a lot more frequently soon. Speaking of, did you know I have a Patreon now? I'll do a formal announcement soon, but you can check it out on your own until then.

I recently received an email from an art student with a really good question: how do you find your illustration style? I had to stop and think about it for a minute. How did I find mine? Here's a revised version of what I ended up telling her.

Childrin R Skary is written, drawn, and animated by Katy Towell. Ms. Towell is a graphic designer, writer and illustrator in Portland, OR with dreams of one day being the scary old lady in the house about which all the neighborhood children tell ghost stories. She’s also the author and illustrator of Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow (Knopf) and Charlie and the Grandmothers (Knopf).